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A Sample Selection of Databases with Data on Species, their Habitats and Threats

Species populations, distributions and threats
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species http://www.iucnredlist.org/
 
Species populations and/or distributions (sometimes with habitat/PA data)
Albertine Rift Conservation Society Biodiversity Management Information Systems http://arbmis.arcosnetwork.org/
Arctic Biodiversity Data Service https://www.abds.is/
Birdlife Datazone http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/home
Data Basin https://databasin.org/
Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/
Elephant Database http://www.elephantdatabase.org/
FishBase http://www.fishbase.org/
GEOBON Essential Biodiversity Variables Data Portal http://data.geobon.org/
Integrated Biodiversity and Assessment Tool https://www.ibat-alliance.org/ibat-conservation/login
International Waterbird Census Database, Wetlands International http://wpe.wetlands.org/
IUCN Global Invasive Species Database  http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology Movebank https://www.movebank.org/
Ocean Biogeographic Information System http://www.iobis.org/
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew State of the World's Plants https://stateoftheworldsplants.com/
WWF/ZSL Living Planet Index http://www.livingplanetindex.org/home/index
 
Habitats and sites of conservation importance

Freshwater Ecoregions of the World http://www.feow.org/
Global Forest Change https://earthenginepartners.appspot.com/science-2013-global-forest
Global Forest Watch http://www.globalforestwatch.org/
Ocean Data Viewer http://data.unep-wcmc.org/
Ocean+ Library https://library.oceanplus.org/
Protected Planet http://www.protectedplanet.net/
Terrestrial Ecoregions http://ecoregions2017.appspot.com/
Water-related Ecosystems https://www.sdg661.app/
World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas http://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/
World Resources Institute http://www.wri.org/resources/maps
 
MEA listed species
Species Plus http://www.speciesplus.net/species
 
Citizen science data:
Bird Track www.birdtrack.net
eBird http://ebird.org/
eMammal https://emammal.si.edu/
iNaturalist http://www.inaturalist.org
iSpot South Africa www.ispot.org.za

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